I'm still seeing this one in 1.2 final
http://forums.kronosaur.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5980
[1.2/CC] Korolev escort driftoff still happening
I saw something very similar when I docked with a Korolov station and accepted a mission just after the freighter I was about to escort had started to leave (I docked as it started to move). The assigned Ronin, now without orders, floated off sideways into space.
Mischievous local moderator. She/Her pronouns.
I'm thinking that what's causing this is the 'reserved for player' docking port, which in turn has reduced the overall ports for the NPC's while not reducing max total of NPC's set in code to dock at the station. This causes the escorts to 'fake dock' and drift away anytime their freighter docks.
The lack of docking ports is especially true with having both the Korolov station and an armor dealer in the same system. Eventually every Korolov freighter will be trying to dock at the armor dealer, but that station has only the player reserved port available (Code has set 4 min guard ship as reinforcements.) Those freighters cannot dock, which creates a traffic jam that makes it impossible for the player to run any Korolov missions in that system.
The lack of docking ports is especially true with having both the Korolov station and an armor dealer in the same system. Eventually every Korolov freighter will be trying to dock at the armor dealer, but that station has only the player reserved port available (Code has set 4 min guard ship as reinforcements.) Those freighters cannot dock, which creates a traffic jam that makes it impossible for the player to run any Korolov missions in that system.